'make upgrade' deletes /usr/bin/perl5

[walt]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, walt wrote:

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> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
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> > On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 04:57:32PM +0100, Erik P. Skaalerud wrote:
> > > Cant we just add a symlink check like we did with /usr/bin/perl ?

> > It's evil, it's not standard. The script could e.g. be patched
> > as part of the port build.

> I filed a bug report with gnome.org suggesting the change to the
> glib configure script, but I'm not holding my breath ;o)


I just got this response to my bug report:
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Do you expect gtk-doc to work out-of-the-box with perl6?

Back when this configure.in check was originally written, perl=perl4
perl5=perl5 was quite common, admittedly probably rare now.
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Reminds me of talking to my wife -- I don't understand the problem.